Caroline McCarthy
Think Big, 2011
1 x packet of Monster Munch crisps, resin, liquid gold paint, acrylic display box, plinth;
Dims.: 43 x 30 x 93cm including plinth
Think Big was made for The Little Museum of Dublin in response to an invitation to produce a piece that reflects on some aspect of Dublin life during the final decade of the 20th Century: The 1990s - a decade which marked the beginning of the ‘Celtic Tiger’.
“Caroline McCarthy, whose practice often incorporates found and banal objects given an ironic, witty or hilarious twist with a quick change of context, is riffing on the bling, consumerism and disposability of the 90s by incorporating a packet of Monster Munch into her piece. Designed specifically as a museum exhibit, but sending up the very nature of significance and historical value, Think Big is an inventive commentary on that overblown decade.”
Catalogue extract, James Hanley RHA
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Related Works:
Cut-out swimming pools from holiday brochures, crisps, wire, shelving
